Events

Online: Webinar 

Thursday 6th November 2025  | 11:00 - 12:00

Come along and join our final Q&A session before the course begins in January!

You'll have the chance to meet the whole IPM academic teaching team and hear from students who have already enrolled. It's a great opportunity to connect with your peers and get your questions answered!

In person: Manchester Metropolitan University 

Wednesday 10th June 2026

The IPM Conference is confirmed for Wednesday 10th June 2026 - and it’s a special one.

We will be bringing together our global network of place leaders, place makers, place thinkers, and place policy shapers to celebrate 20 years of the Institute of Place Management. It’s an opportunity to reflect on two decades of pioneering place management - and to look boldly toward the future.

As we mark this milestone, the 2026 conference will convene a truly international community of practitioners, researchers, and policymakers to explore how the discipline is evolving and where it goes next.

While the main conference takes place on Wednesday 10th June, we’ll also host a dynamic programme of walking tours, masterclasses, and a research seminar on the days either side - giving you even more reason to join us in Manchester, UK.

The conference will also be a moment to reconnect and celebrate our community - bringing together IPM Alumni, current students of the postgraduate course in Place Management and Leadership, and experts from the High Streets Task Force.

Online: Webinar

Thursday 9th October 2025 | 12.00 GMT/13.00 CEST 

Join the Institute of Place Management and The Regional Studies Association for a join discussion on Privately Owned Public Spaces (or POPS as they are becoming know as). 

Place managers across the UK are increasingly dealing with Privately Owned Public Spaces from city squares and retail plazas to repurposed industrial sites. A new open access article by Dr Jenny Kanellopoulou, Dr Nikos Ntounis and Prof Steve Millington, explores how these spaces are managed on the ground and what that means for their ‘publicness’. This event discusses these findings.

*The webinar is open to all. RSA membership is not required; however, you must create an RSA profile to register.

Webinar: Online

Thursday 25th September 2025

We’re excited to invite you to a focused and practical online session this autumn, designed to build on the growing interest in the Place Management Apprenticeship at Manchester Metropolitan University. 

Open to IPM Members and Non-members. 

Webinar: Online

Wednesday 24th September 2025 | 12:30 - 13:30 

How do we revitalise our high streets? Join Ian Harvey from the Institute of Place Management at Manchester Metropolitan University to explore findings from the High Streets Task Force - and hear why arts and festivals should be recognised as vital ‘social infrastructure’ in the revitalisation of our towns.